Prep football: Concussions on minds of local coaches

6:36 PM,
Aug. 17, 2013

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The name of the former All-Pro linebacker for the San Diego Chargers has become synonymous with concussions in football after the future NFL Hall of Famer took his own life in 2012.

His death sparked a firestorm of national controversy over the effects concussions have over the length of a career which can begin in Pop Warner at the age of 5 and last until a player is in his mid-to-late 30's if they reach the NFL. ...